Trump and Russia

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Just 37 percent of voters approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing, but that’s 3 percentage points better than a similar Oct. 3 Elon survey.

Forty percent dismiss the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as “just politics,” while slightly over 50 percent view it as a “serious matter.”

“Though President Trump remains underwater in approval and low by any historical standard, we measured a slight increase in approval among North Carolina voters,” said Jason Husser, director of the Elon University Poll and assistant professor of political science. “This increase over the last month is largely due to a small group of Republicans who previously disapproved or were unsure.”

Opinions about the investigation by former FBI chief Robert Mueller into Russian interference in the election, too, are split.

“North Carolina voters live in almost different worlds when it comes to perceptions of the Russia investigation,” Husser said. “Democrats overwhelmingly say it is a serious matter, while Republicans consistently think it is just politics.”

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